Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit

[Fist of Lehmann]

Chambersaurus

[Asthmatic Kitty]

sky sports' transfer centre video roundup saying cavani's agent has said the player is listening to offers from liverpool and us.
yet he's still 10/1 to join us on sky bet (?)
can't see this one happening tbh.

[Niall_Quinn]

Don't really need a lazier Giroud.

[Syn]

Nah, no chance. Sky Bet should be investigated for malpractice. It's not illegal to take money from idiots but they've got it all locked down with a monopoly on it. Don't see the other major sports bookmakers having a market on player transfers. "Odds of Reus joining Liverpool have been slashed from 5/1 to evens!". They don't offer odds on Reus not joining Liverpool or staying with Dortmund, so they can't lose with it. They also make the headlines because they're a part of Sky. It's a money printing machine.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Ive had Agger down as technically the best central defender around for ages, but that probably due to some superficial fancydan crap he did on MOTD.

Kos-Agger wouldnt work. We need a defender who requires a 44" chest dinner jacket or above.

Won't get a footballer with a chest that big mate. Pigeon chests out here.....

[Maestro]

Won't get a footballer with a chest that big mate. Pigeon chests out here.....

yes you can

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/be...yers-pictures/

[The Emirates Gallactico]

Well that didn't take too long. Hummels linked to us now that Vermelean is gone by the Daily Mail.


They put the value at 25 million ............ what a crock of shite.

[I am invisible]

Anyone else a little concerned by the lack of CB names being suggested? And that's not just in the gossip columns - even the fans seem to be struggling for ideas?! Hummels and Agger can't be the only options out there...

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

To be fair, is it just the case that there aren't that many good defenders out there right now?

When the supposed best is Thiago Silva then it's not exactly a high bar.

Or is it the case that there is just an odd generation of very good attacking players, making the defenders look bad. Or the opposite, that the lack of properly good defenders is making these forward players look better than they actually are.

[Slacker]

Pointed this out two weeks ago and got shouted down for being a fanny. We conceded pretty much all our goals last season (and last weekend's free header) through the CB and CM areas and AW hasn't invested there. Not sure how we'll fare before we get BFG back but hope AW's gamble doesn't prove too costly. Monreal and Vermaelen aren't good enough and Chambers and Miquel are young and raw. If AW leaves it like it is we'll struggle to get in the top four. Frank McLintock called it right on Talksport on Friday - we need a CD, a DM and an out and out striker, all top quality. Hope we get all three but knowing AW, think we'll get 2 at best.